On 9 November 2013 13:58, Ravishankar <ravidre...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > //Well, salaries upto 2 lakh _per month_ with additional allowances for > expenses on domestic and international travel is pretty huge for India. > Reading from > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF-A2K_Grant_Budget_and_Utilization_Sept12_-Feb13.pdf// > > So what? An employee working for the same BPO / software company in India > gets paid less than his counterpart in US. Even offsetting the lifestyle > and cost of living allowances, it becomes like mere outsourcing for cheap > labour. Should WMF consider cost cutting and out source this work to some > other country :) ? 2 lakh INR comes around 3000 USD which is a decent > salary for a mid level employee in US. For a national program like CIS - > A2K, salaries in this range is acceptable. >
Ravi, Do you think it is appropriate to compare Wikimedia Foundation or its functioning in India to profit making companies and BPOs? -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net http://twitter.com/hpnadig http://flickr.com/hpnadig
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